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[ dis-pyoo-tey-shuhs ] / ˌdɪs pyʊˈteɪ ʃəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR disputatious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants. Also dis·put·a·tive [dih-spyoo-tuh-tiv]. /dɪˈspyu tə tɪv/. Origin of disputatiousFirst recorded in 1650–60; disputati(on) + -ous OTHER WORDS FROM disputatiousdis·pu·ta·tious·ly, adverbdis·pu·ta·tious·ness, nounnon·dis·pu·ta·tious, adjectivenon·dis·pu·ta·tious·ly, adverb non·dis·pu·ta·tious·ness, nounun·dis·pu·ta·tious, adjectiveun·dis·pu·ta·tious·ly, adverbun·dis·pu·ta·tious·ness, noun Words nearby disputatiousdisprove, Dispur, disputable, disputant, disputation, disputatious, dispute, disqualification, disqualify, disquantity, disquiet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for disputatiousThere was a busy, bustling, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. The Glorious Fourth|David Frum|July 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST It's simply impossible for me to 'belong' to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. Anne Rice's Christianity Crisis|Kirsten Powers|August 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST His opponents were a disputatious sort, who liked nothing better than argument; he knew what his enemy wanted and didn't do it. Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre|Voltairine de Cleyre The captain had just given him some instructions, but he did not seem to take kindly to them, and was inclined to be disputatious. Reminiscences of Travel in Australia, America, and Egypt|Richard Tangye
The disputatious one gasped in fear and flung himself desperately forward. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931|Various Benvolio, a cantankerous, disputatious gentleman in "Romeo and Juliet." The Nuttall Encyclopaedia|Edited by Rev. James Wood Williams, brawny and broad-chested, leaned against his box, his bare arms folded and his short pipe at the disputatious angle. The Taming of Red Butte Western|Francis Lynde
British Dictionary definitions for disputatiousdisputatiousdisputative (dɪˈspjuːtətɪv)
Derived forms of disputatiousdisputatiously or disputatively, adverbdisputatiousness or disputativeness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to disputatiouscantankerous, captious, contentious, controversial, litigious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, polemical, caviling, dissentious |